Heterotrimeric and small molecular mass GTP-binding proteins of rat brain neuronal and glial nuclei

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 80-86

  Bhullar, Rajinder P ^a   McCartney, Douglas G ^a   Kanfer, Julian N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

G proteins; Low molecular mass; Nuclei; Ras related; Rat brain

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RAS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLIA CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CELL NUCLEUS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RATS;

EID: 0032900362     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19990101)55:1<80::AID-JNR9>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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